A.J. Clemente became an Internet sensation earlier this week thanks to videos of his debut Sunday as a North Dakota news anchor. In those videos, Clemente's first on-air words were--here we're using the Nixon White House tapes format--"[expletive deleted] [expletive deleted]." Clemente was fired from the station.

Yesterday, Clemente gave the back story to the incident, and revealed that the name of the winner of Sunday's London Marathon was the cause of his downfall.

The news show went on air about 30 seconds early, Clemente said on "The Today Show," but because he was new and hadn't yet been outfitted with a custom ear piece, he was unaware that his mic was live. Thinking that he had a little time to prepare before going on air, Clemente was reviewing the script for his second story, about that morning's London Marathon.

Clemente said that he was getting tripped up trying to pronounce three names in the report, including that of men's winner Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia. The early start of the show meant that Clemente's mic captured his frustration as he struggled with Kebede's name.

Clemente clarified that what some thought was a slur--"gay [expletive deleted] [expletive deleted]"--was his attempt at pronouncing Kedebe's first name.

If you find yourself auditioning to fill Clemente's spot, here's an oral guide to pronouncing "Tsegaye."